Submit Your Art for 2026
Thank you for being a part of the 23rd annual Seattle Erotic Art Festival! We are excited to see what you have been working on and creating for this year's Festival.
All artists 18 years old or older (as of January 15th, 2026) are encouraged to submit original works for consideration. The Festival accepts visual art of all mediums, erotic writings, interactive art, and performance proposals from artists across the nation and all over the world; there is no submission fee for artists living outside of North America. Artists may submit for as many Call for Art categories as they wish, but note that each Call for Art has distinct requirements and may have additional submission fees.
Submit Entries
Visual, Literary, or Store
To submit entries for the Visual, Literary, or Store Art categories, create an account and sign up on submissions.seaf.art.
Submit ArtShort and Silent Films
To submit Short and Silent Film entries, make your submission at
FilmFreeway.
Deadline for film submissions: March 1st, 2026 at 11pm.
Performance
To submit Performances, use this form.
Deadline for Performance submissions: December 15, 2025 at 11pm.
Large Scale, Interactive, & Immersive Art
To submit Large Scale, Interactive, & Immersive Art proposals, use the following form
to submit your proposal.
Deadline for Large Scale, Interactive, & Immersive Art is December 15, 2025 at 11pm.
Submission fees, Guidelines, and Frequently Asked Questions
Overview of submission fees and guidelines for each category of art and answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found at https://www.seaf.art/callforart/
Early-bird Deadline (for discounted submission fees)
The early-bird deadline for Literary is November 15th, 2025 at 11:59pm PDT.
The early-bird deadline for Visual Art is December 15th,
2025 at 11:59pm PDT.
Festival Timeline
- November 1, 2025: Call for Art opens for Literary, Interactive, Performance Art, and Films
- November 15, 2025 at 11:59pm PDT: Early Bird discount ends for Literary
- December 1, 2025: Call for Art opens for Visual and Store Art
- December 15, 2025 at 11:59pm PDT: Early Bird discount ends for Visual Art and Call for Literary, Performance, and Interactive Art Proposals Closes
- December 29, 2025: Accepted Performance Artists are notified
- January 15, 2026: Call for Visual and Store Art Closes
- February 10, 2026: Accepted Visual, Store, and Literary Artists are notified
- February 10, 2026: Contracts emailed to Visual, Store, and Literary Artists. Model Age Certifications will be sent to artists with photographic works
- February 18, 2026: Deadline for completed Visual and Store consignment contracts
- March 1, 2026: Call for Film closes
- March 15, 2026: Accepted Film Artists are notified
- April 9 - April 22, 2026: Shipped Visual and Store Art to arrive at Gallery Erato
- Tuesday, April 28, 2026 By Appointment: Hand-deliver Visual Art (may include accepted Store Art) to Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
- Wednesday, April 29, 2026 By Appointment: Hand-deliver Store Art to Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 301 Mercer Street Seattle, WA 98109
- Wednesday, April 29, 2026 By Appointment: Delivery and Set Up of Interactive Art to Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 301 Mercer Street Seattle, WA 98109
- May 1, 2, & 3, 2026: Seattle Erotic Art Festival at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 301 Mercer Street Seattle, WA 98109
- Sunday, May 3, 2026 (7pm - 9pm, by appointment): Unsold Art pick up from Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 301 Mercer Street Seattle, WA 98109
- Sunday, May 3, 2026 (by appointment): Interactive Art Un-install